Microbiology: A Systems Approach
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ISBN: 9781259706615
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 19, Problem 3CTQ
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Whether any of the attendees of annual wild game dinner in the town of Verona in upstate New York are at risk for developing the disease in future.
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The chronic wasting disease is the spongiform encephalopathy of white-tailed deer and elk. One of the most notable members of this family of disease is bovine spongiform encephalopathy, which is also known as Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE).
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Microbiology: A Systems Approach
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